“If I could banish disease from the human frame, and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death!” (Frankenstein 23) Victor wants to create a new form of human because human beings are weak and fragile and easily affected by diseases. He wants to make something stronger. Robots/inhuman beings would be more powerful and be able to survive a lot easier.
“My attention was fixed upon every object the most insupportable to the delicacy of the human feelings. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted.” (Frankenstein 34) Victor sees how delicate man is and how much is wasted on illness and weaknesses. He wants to find a way to use the human body to make something better.
“But now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” (Frankenstein 39) Once the monster is created, Victor regrets ever making him. He is disgusted by the thing and cannot bear to look at it. I think he realizes that things should not be made as he has done.
“This was the commencement of a nervous fever, which confined me for several months. During all that time Henry was my only nurse.” (Frankenstein 43) The first part of this quote is pointing out the weakness of man and that the human body can be taken out so easily. This was the original reasoning for Victor to create the monster, which is what ultimately led to him getting sick. The second part of this quote to me is illuminating caring and friendships that humans have for each other that inhuman beings cannot have. This is one of the better, more important things that humans are able to have.
“Robots do not cling to life. They can’t. They don’t have the means-no soul, no pleasures.” (RUR 12) Robots are unable to feel emotions or feelings of any kind. They cannot feel love or appreciation of life. This is another thing that humans hold over robots.
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